OpenText Summit in Saudi Arabia 2026

AI is everywhere and it’s bursting with potential. But without context-rich data, governance, and security, AI fails.

Join us at OpenText Summit in Saudi Arabia to discover how to unlock the intelligence inside your enterprise data and activate AI with confidence—enabling your organization to innovate, grow, and outpace the competition.

Experience visionary keynotes, insightful customer speakers, real-world use cases, in-depth break-out sessions, live demos, meet-ups with experts, a bustling expo, and peer networking possibilities. Explore the latest in today’s essential technologies from content management, cybersecurity, service management, business network, and more. And learn how to unleash the power of your data with control, compliance, and choice.

The insights and know-how you take away will help you to lead confidently and deploy AI responsibly for a limitless digital workforce. You’ll leave with an understanding of how to use your enterprise information to elevate your organization.

Join us at OpenText Summit 2026 in Saudi Arabia to shape the future of your enterprise with secure information management with AI.

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration, welcome & light breakfast

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Executive welcome

George Schembri, Vice President, Middle East, OpenText

Mohammed Alhomidan, Sales Director Saudi Arabia, OpenText

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Keynote - From hype to practical enterprise AI

Eric Du, Senior Vice President, Chief Architect R&D, OpenText

Karim Rizkallah, Regional Vice President, Solution Consulting Emerging Markets, OpenText

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Innovation showcase

Explore live demonstrations of OpenText technologies, from content management to cybersecurity, analytics, DevOps, and service management. These demos will illustrate how agentic AI and intelligent automation elevate people by freeing them from mundane tasks.

Karim Bounid, Regional Director, Solution Consulting Middle East, OpenText

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Fireside Chat – Cyber Security Imperatives in Saudi Arabia

Muhi Majzoub, Executive Vice President, Product & Engineering, OpenText

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Innovation in action: OpenText customers share their transformation journeys

Sandra Tiskens, Sales Vice President, Emerging Markets, OpenText

Hamzah Mahafazah, Head of Enterprise Architecture, Najm

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM

Lightning Talks, coffee break and the opening of the Show Floor

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM

Secure information management for AI – the roadmap

Karim Bounid, Regional Director, Solution Consulting Middle East, OpenText

Garen Yacoubian, Regional Vice President, Business Value Consulting, OpenText

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

Unlock digital knowledge workers & delight customers with AI

Huda Al Anazy, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText

Vimal Patel, Principal Solution Consultant, Solutions Consulting, OpenText

1:45 PM - 2:05 PM

Building the intelligent enterprise through AI unification

Shaymaa Mousa, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText

2:05 PM - 2:25 PM

Operate with confidence in an unpredictable world

Ahmed Fouda, Lead Solutions Consultant, OpenText

2:25 PM - 2:45 PM

Redefining ITOps: Where Observability meets service management

Explore how intelligent automation redefines IT operations, moving them from reactive to proactive. This session emphasizes modern ITOps empowered by AI and analytics, delivering predictive insights and eliminating limitations of traditional systems.

Ahmed Salama, Principal Solution Consultant, OpenText

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Coffee break and networking at the Show Floor

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Customer awards, sponsor recognition and mega raffle draw

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Networking lunch

Mohammed Alhomidan
Sales Director Saudi Arabia
OpenText

Karim Rizkallah
RVP, Solution Consulting
OpenText

Garen Yacoubian
Regional Vice President Business Value Consulting
OpenText

Karim Bounid
Director, Solutions Consulting, Middle East
OpenText

George Schembri
Regional Vice President, Middle East
OpenText

Shaymaa Mousa
Lead Solutions Consultant
OpenText

Ahmed Salama
Principal Solutions Consultant Sales
OpenText

Ahmed Fouda
Consultant
Opentext

Vimal Patel
Principal Solution Consultant
OpenText

Huda Al Anazy
Lead Solutions Consultant
OpenText

Muhi Majzoub
Executive Vice President Product & Engineering
OpenText

Hamzah Mhafda
Head of Enterprise Architecture
Najm

Eric Du
Senior Vice President, Chief Architect R&D
OpenText